Zafrul: Economy recovering, 83.5% of employees back to work


Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the DoSM data also showed that wholesale and retail trade for May 2020, increased by RM17.5bil or 26.3% to RM84.4bil, compared to April 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) Report which says that about 12.7 million or 83.5% of employees as of June 2 have returned to work, evidently shows that economic activities and services are recovering, said Tengku Datuk Seri zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

The Finance Minister noted that the figure on May 17,2020 was 10.2 million or 67.2%.

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